I have just stumbled across this link on Pinterest when looking for something to post on my blog.
The introduction on the link described Kate as: “Talented teenager Kate Powell has shared her Art projects on social media platforms since she was fifteen years old. She currently has over 12,000 fans on Facebook and 34,000 followers on tumblr, with one of her tumblr posts gaining over 112,000 notes. We talk to Kate about how she has built this following and how she launched her career before graduating from high school.”
Kate achieved outstanding grades at school, achieving an A* in OCR GCSE Art in just Year 9, two years younger than expected and an A* for A level in year 12! She achieved full marks (100%) for AQA AS and A Level Photography in Year 13 and is currently waiting for her AQA AS History of Art and Art Textiles results.
“I think I managed to achieve high grades because I chose projects I was passionate about and which linked directly to me and my life – having this kind of connection with my work motivated me to work hard and prove myself. Since the beginning of my school life I have been concerned with/affected by issues of self-harm/eating disorders/ body image and after tackling these problems in art earlier in my school career I felt like my understanding came to a climax in my A2 exam piece (see below), responding to the title ‘Storyteller’. I was able to use art as a means of reflection and therapy as I tackled the issues closest to my heart, and, because I felt so emotionally invested in the exam piece, I was driven to give it my all.”
“Storyteller: Recovery”
I highly recommend that you visit the links and support this amazing artist.
I’ll post some more of her work below this text, but there are fantastic HD pictures on the link.
“The Butterfly Project”
“Scatterbrain”
The Glitter Fight 